diff --git a/api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/trace/Span.java b/api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/trace/Span.java
index b18949eb19..3b17f04c55 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/trace/Span.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/trace/Span.java
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public interface Span {
   /**
    * Adds an event to the {@code Span}.
    *
-   * <p>Use this method to specify an explicit event timestamp. If not alled, the implementation
+   * <p>Use this method to specify an explicit event timestamp. If not called, the implementation
    * will use the current timestamp value, which should be the default case.
    *
    * <p>Important: this is NOT equivalent with System.nanoTime().